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Operational transformation, not AI adoption, is the metric that matters in specialist finance, says Crystal SF’s operations director

Nvidia on Monday said it would partner with lenders to help it finance the buildout of AI infrastructure through a series of vehicles totalling more than $500 billion. The consortium, which includes Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR, will serve companies from frontier labs to hyperscalers, Nvidia said.

Experian research shows 76% of New Zealand financial institutions are using agentic AI to support underwriters, highlighting a gap between AI adoption and data readiness across the sector.

Lenders have spent 2026 worrying that artificial intelligence will make some older software businesses worth less.